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San Spirituality
David Lewis-Williams
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Description for San Spirituality
Paperback. Present a view of the spiritual life of the San people of Kalahari desert, examining the interplay of their cosmology, myth, ritual, and art. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1H; HRKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
At the intersection between western culture and Africa, we find the San people of the Kalahari desert. Once called Bushmen, the San have survived many characterizations_from pre-human animals by the early European colonials, to aboriginal conservationists in perfect harmony with nature by recent New Age adherents. Neither caricature does justice to the complex world view of the San. Eminent anthropologists David Lewis-Williams and David Pearce present instead a balanced view of the spiritual life of this much-studied people, examining the interplay of their cosmology, myth, ritual, and art. Integrating archaeological finds, historical accounts, ethnographic information, and interpretation of rock art, ... Read more
At the intersection between western culture and Africa, we find the San people of the Kalahari desert. Once called Bushmen, the San have survived many characterizations_from pre-human animals by the early European colonials, to aboriginal conservationists in perfect harmony with nature by recent New Age adherents. Neither caricature does justice to the complex world view of the San. Eminent anthropologists David Lewis-Williams and David Pearce present instead a balanced view of the spiritual life of this much-studied people, examining the interplay of their cosmology, myth, ritual, and art. Integrating archaeological finds, historical accounts, ethnographic information, and interpretation of rock art, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759104327
SKU
V9780759104327
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About David Lewis-Williams
Lewis-Williams and Pearce are at the Rock Art Reseach Institute of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Reviews for San Spirituality
An important book. Recommended.
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